Today we began to lay the foundation for our writing program. We also practiced some letter formation. In Math, we discussed behaviors for problem solving and we worked in our constructed response journals on the following question:
There are 10 students in a classroom. How many student eyes are there? Draw a picture and write a math sentence.A few students were able to complete the task with minimal guidance. Some students found the correct answer but were unable to explain their work in writing. A majority of the students were unable to complete the task with the correct answer but had the beginnings of a correct model.
Additionally, we began our violence prevention training (Second Step) today.
As I mentioned earlier, the students do not have homework tonight except to pressure their parents to fill in the emergency cards so they can be sent to the office ASAP.
I will be sending home your child's yellow writing folder tomorrow. Your second and third homework assignment relates to this yellow folder. Your task:
With you child's input, decorate all surfaces of your child's folder with some or all of the following items:
- Pictures of memorable events form the child's life
- Pictures or advertisements of your child's favorite items
- Pictures of topics which particularly interest your child (your child may have an interest in machines, space, dinosaurs, soccer, etc.)
You might notice that the folders are not very substantial in quality. After the folder is decorated you may consider adding a bit of clear packing tape over the items which you have attached. We will (hopefully) be using these folder the entire year.
Please post any questions you may have in the comment section below.
Hi Mr. B do we need any school supplies needed?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your question. I am going to advise that each parent purchase a flash drive for their child and attach it to a lanyard marked with their child's name. We will use the flash drive throughout the year and hopefully your child can continue to use it through their grade school career.
ReplyDeleteOther than school supplies we will probably need several boxes of facial tissue to get us through the year. We also use a surprising number of 'ziploc' bags in all sizes. They seem to come in very handy throughout the year.
Good evening Mr. B
ReplyDeleteDid the Yellow Folders go home today? And is the Due date correct?
Thank you for your question and for bringing that to my attention. The post has been updated to reflect the correct due date. Every child received a yellow folder for the project to bring home today (08/19/15)
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